April 8, 2013 5:18 pm
Coincidences like these inspired two Francophone authors to write their first novels. St. Thomas University student Arianne Gagnon-Roy and Nicolas Dickner from Quebec were highlights on campus during La Semaine de la fierté française, the week when Francophone New Brunswickers celebrate their language and culture with different events and activities.
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Pelley has an enthralling way with words as he captures his reader’s attention within the first chapter, and keeps them engrossed until the very last page.
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Canadian author Andrew Kaufman published his fourth book, Born Weird, a little over three months ago. Blending the everyday a supernatural element of five siblings cursed and blessed with strange powers, Kaufman portrays a world that is both realistic and fantastic, leading the reader to examine the positives and negatives of real life, with or without superpowers.
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The Saskatoon author’s most recent release, Over the Darkened Landscape, which was published this past November, brings together 13 short stories from throughout his career.
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he fledgling UVic writer, who is set to graduate with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in April, recently won Zoetrope’s annual fiction contest with her story “Case Studies in Ascension.” The win came with a $1 ,000 prize and the distinction of being recognized by one of the most prestigious literary magazines in North America.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.